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Intel Pentium 3550M vs Intel Pentium 3560M vs Intel Pentium 3561Y

Intel Pentium 3550M

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The Intel Pentium 3550M is an inexpensive dual-core processor for laptops launched in Q4 2013. It is based on the Haswell architecture and is manufactured in 22nm. Each core offers a base speed of 2.3 GHz and does not support CPU Turbo Boost. Compared to other CPUs of the Core i3, Core i5 or Core i7 series, many features like AES, AVX, Turbo Boost and Hyper-Threading have been disabled.

Haswell is the successor to the Ivy Bridge architecture with improvements on both GPU and CPU performance. The CPUs are produced in 22nm and offer an optimized branch prediction as well as additional execution ports, improving the performance per clock by almost 10 percent.

Due to these changes, the performance should be similar to the Ivy Bridge-based and somewhat higher clocked Pentium 2030M. This provides sufficient power for typical office and multimedia purposes.

The integrated Intel HD Graphics (Haswell) offers 10 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 400 MHz up to 1100 MHz with Turbo Boost, making it a bit faster than the old HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge). Compared to the HD 4000 or HD 4600, however, the performance is much lower.

The Pentium 3550M is rated at a TDP of 37 W including the graphics card, memory controller and VRMs.  Therefore, the CPU is suited for laptops 14-inches or greater.

Intel Pentium 3560M

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The Intel Pentium 3560M is an inexpensive dual-core processor for laptops launched in Q2 2014. It is based on the Haswell architecture and manufactured in 22nm. Each core offers a base speed of 2.4 GHz and does not support CPU Turbo Boost. Compared to other CPUs of the Core i3, Core i5 or Core i7 series, many features like AES, AVX, Turbo Boost and Hyper-Threading have been disabled.

Haswell is the successor to the Ivy Bridge architecture with improvements on both GPU and CPU performance. The CPUs are produced in 22nm and offer an optimized branch prediction as well as additional execution ports, improving the performance per clock by almost 10 percent.

Due to these changes, the performance is slightly above the Ivy Bridge-based and somewhat higher clocked Pentium 2030M. This provides sufficient power for typical office and multimedia purposes.

The integrated Intel HD Graphics (Haswell) offers 10 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 400 MHz up to 1100 MHz with Turbo Boost, making it a bit faster than the old HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge). Compared to the HD 4000 or HD 4600, however, the performance is much lower.

The Pentium 3560M is rated at a TDP of 37 W including the graphics card, memory controller and VRMs.  Therefore, the CPU is suited for laptops 14-inches or greater.

Intel Pentium 3561Y

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The Intel Pentium 3561Y is an entry-level, ULV (ultra low voltage) dual-core processor for subnotebooks and tablets launched in Q1 2014. It is based on the Haswell architecture and is manufactured in 22nm. Compared to the Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs, many features like Turbo Boost, Hyper-Threading and AVX are disabled. In contrast to the very similar Pentium 3560Y, the 3561Y supports Wireless Display (WiDi) and Quick Sync.

Haswell is the successor to the Ivy Bridge architecture with improvements on both GPU and CPU performance. The CPUs are produced in 22nm and offer an optimized branch prediction as well as additional execution ports, improving performance per clock by almost 10 percent.

The performance of the Pentium 3561Y should be 10 - 15 percent higher compared to the Ivy Bridge-based Pentium 2129Y. The CPU has sufficient power for most office and multimedia purposes, but will struggle in more demanding applications.

The integrated HD Graphics (Haswell) offers 10 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 200 - 850 MHz with Turbo Boost, making it somewhat faster than the former HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) at similar clock speeds. However, the HD Graphics (Haswell) is significantly slower than the HD Graphics 4400 and HD Graphics 5000 found on a number of other Haswell ULV models.

The Pentium 3561Y is rated at a TDP of 11.5 W (SDP 6 W) including the graphics card, memory controller, VRMs and the integrated chipset. Therefore, the CPU is suited for small subnotebooks or tablets.

ModelIntel Pentium 3550MIntel Pentium 3560MIntel Pentium 3561Y
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel PentiumIntel Pentium
CodenameHaswellHaswellHaswell
Series: Pentium Haswell
Intel Pentium 3560M2.4 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3550M « 2.3 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3558U1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3556U1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3561Y1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3560Y1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3560M « 2.4 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3550M2.3 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3558U1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3556U1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3561Y1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3560Y1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3560M2.4 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3550M2.3 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3558U1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3556U1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3561Y « 1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3560Y1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Clock2300 MHz2400 MHz1200 MHz
L1 Cache128 KB128 KB128 KB
L2 Cache512 KB512 KB512 KB
L3 Cache2 MB2 MB2 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 22 / 2
TDP37 Watt37 Watt11.5 Watt
Transistors960 Million960 Million
Technology22 nm22 nm22 nm
Die Size130 mm2130 mm2
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C100 °C
SocketrPGArPGABGA
FeaturesHD Graphics (400 - 1100 MHz), SSE 4.1/4.2, DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, VirtualizationHD Graphics (400 - 1100 MHz), Quick Sync, SSE 4.1/4.2, DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, VirtualizationHD Graphics (200 - 850 MHz), SSE 4.1/4.2, DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, Virtualization, AES-NI, Wireless Display, Quick Sync
iGPUIntel HD Graphics (Haswell) (400 - 1100 MHz)Intel HD Graphics (Haswell) (400 - 1100 MHz)Intel HD Graphics (Haswell) (200 - 850 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
$134 U.S.$134 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.comark.intel.com

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